Thursday, 29 September 2016

Joining the bands together flat sides together first in pars and from the front of both pieces one red [first] and one white [second], straight sides together.

Join in pairs first then join the pairs together using the angled sides to make a circle of bands

As you are joining end on to end on, you are actually joining the bars of the dc [tr], together. Some bars will look like they have one sp, and some bars will look like they have two spaces.About 25sts.BEGIN:Place a red and a cream band side by side, straight sides together and flat in front of you.row 1: From the front. NOT FROM UNDERNEATH. Attach the joining yarn to the very bottom of the red band, sl st from the front into the very bottom st of the white band.

It is important that it is the very bottom of the stitch so that there is no gap.

second st: sc [dc], into the first bar of the first row of the red band, sl st, into the front of the first bar of the first row, of the white band

ROW 2: this second row, picture below, looks like there are 2 holes, one has the hook in it and the other you can see clearly, so you do 2 pairs of stitches in the second row, sc [dc], then sl st into the second row of the white band.......

The picture below, the hook is in the bottom one and you can see the one above

ROW 3: picture below, my finger is behind the single bar of row 3, only one bar so I pair of sts....

continue with the 2sts, 1st, 2sts, 1st to end of joining st. weave in ends.QUICK VIEWST at the very bottomrow 1: 1 pairs of stsrow 2: 2pairs od stsrow3: 1 pair of stsrow4: 2 pairs of stsrow 5: 1 pair of stsrow 6: 2 pairs of stsrow7: 1 pair of stsrow 8: 2 pairs of stsrow 9: 1 pair of stsrow 10: 2 pairs of stsrow 11:1 pair of stsrow 12: 2 pairs of stsrow 13: 1pair of stsrow 14: 2 pairs of stsrow 15: 1 pair of stsrow 16: 2 pairs of sts.Finish with a pair of sts in the very top of the last st so you don't have a gapTOTAL 25stspull yarn through the last sts and weave in ends top and bottom

JOINING THE CENTRE INTO THE BANDING ROUND:Attech yarn to the part one centre in a ch3 corner then do the sl st into the first sp, then back to the centre sc [dc], into next st, then back to the banding and work the sl sts in to the next sp.SO the centre is worked from stitches on the centre motif to the spaces of the banding..the reason is because you are joining to the start chain and its not so easy or neat to do it into the stitch here.Hope this helps with the band joining and the inset of the part 1 motif into the banding of part 2, this will help until we can get the video done for you allVIDEO Banding

Saturday, 24 September 2016

Wont be around for the next 4 days off to spend some time with friends for rest and relaxation, a trip to Skipton for 4 days and Yarndale for the next 2 days

Never been before so quite interested to see whats on offer

Meeting up with a few lovely friends old and new

Update on the Latest Extra Special Carousel

taking it with me and hope to complete part 2 on this Greengage Colourway

about half way with the banding so far

It's all coming together nicely....several of the Extra Special Carousels have been completed along side lots of the other packstake a peek at some of them in a PINTERST FOLDER I've managed to slurp a few together..if you don't see yours then add it to Pinterest and when I see them I will include them in this folder for you.fabulous work everyone CAROSUEL CAL PROJECTSclick to see a selection so far I'm so impressed with all your fabulous creations so many wonderful colours waysthanks for all the support on the Carousel group you're all amazing

Friday, 23 September 2016

I am making the Greengage colour way along side you all and have been playing with the colours a little...

original colour choice...if you use the Viola to join the bands together use this colour way

trying 4 colours for the banding......

I tried using 4 colours...not working for me

I decided I wanted to replace the viola with the Atlantis for the last round of the part one and after playing with the banding have decided to use the Sandstone and Waterfall for the bands and join with the Atlantis...

Have you made different decisions if using the Extra Special packs?Hope to have the banding almost completed today, but i am off to Yarndale for 4 days tomorrow morning so lots to do today so might not manage to complete this section of the pattern...crossing everything

TIPS ON JOINING:Joining stitch TIP: because of the way you turn and the ends are alternate ways....some ends have what looks like 2 spaces and some ends of rows look like they only have one space try looking closely for that set up...so it will be different every other end you join..alternate hope that helps It does work but you need to look carefully and go slowly to start with get the feel of the alternate number of joining stitches it should work out about 25/26 pairs of stitches sc [dc] sl st as a pair TOMORROW: The Extra Special Carousel..added at a late date in response to not being able to use wool and wanting a smaller pack....more on the banding for the Greengage Version i am making along side you all.

I'm sure you will also create lots more variation using this selection of colours

As part 2 of the Carousel was released yesterday, hope you are all still enjoying the CAL?i decided to make a complete pastel Carousel along side you all, along with the new Extra Special version.....life got in the way yesterday afternoon and evening but i did manage to complete the 16 pastel bands needed for a pastel Carousel. 17 colours altogether I've not joined them together yet I'm using the parchment to join but these are the 17 colours and they will work with all 3 of the pastel centres shown above.

1:cream

2:duck egg

3:sherbet

4:cloud blue

5:parma violet

6:Lavender

7:wisteria

8:clematis

9:pale rose

10:candy floss

11:apricot

12:stone

13:camel

14:lemon

15:pistachio

16:spring green

17:parchment

one or two pastel variations with mustard added to the list...all pretty variations

Here ia the rainbow of the above colours and you can see that they go well with all 3 Carousel centres

Banding: Charcoal and Waterfall, joined with either sandstone or Viola

Each band takes me about 20minutes to make so about 5hours 20minutes to make the 16 pieces..but i never made them all in one go....And you will use most of the 2 balls, and then allow joining time.

PASTELS...

I will be making one of these the second option along side you over the next 2 weeks and hopefully a pastel version too... still to decide which centre to use though

KING ARTHUR'S ROUND TABLE

I'm also making a King Arthurs Round Table version too...blog post on its own for this one

HAVE FUN ALL XX

UPDATE 22ND SEPTEMBER ON EXTRA SPECIAL GREENGAGE: I'm making the Greengage version of this version along side you and have decided to make a couple of changes removing the VIOLA from the centre part one last round and use 4 colours, Sandstone, Charcoal, Waterfall and Atlantis for the banding.